My daughter is one year. I told myself I would give myself a year after having her to lose the weight. I had a difficult pregnancy, hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, which all resulted in a c-section. I have technically lost the baby weight, so now I am trying to lose the weight I gained before I got pregnant.
My frustration is exercise. I'm exhausted. My daughter is constantly on the go, so by the time she naps in the afternoon, all I want to do is nap too! I'm not really eating unhealthy, we try to keep unhealthy snacks out of the house. I think my problem is not eating enough. I lay her down for a nap and realize I never ate breakfast. I had a really good few months where she had this great schedule, she took two naps, ate really well, everything was predictable. I could get meals prepared in advance, I had time and energy to exercise, I felt well rested in the morning. But then she got picky about her food, she stopped sleeping through the night because she was teething, she went from two naps to one and even that nap is unpredictable, so I can't plan to workout or cook/clean. Sometimes I feel like we're back at the beginning, all those sleepless nights with a newborn and exhausting days. I know this will pass, but I hate that I'm still hanging on to extra pounds. I just don't feel like me. I didn't "bounce back" like the other moms I know. I feel depressed. I feel uninterested in my social life. I feel unattractive and therefore uninterested in anything remotely intimate.
I just want to be thinner and toned and have more energy. I know every would tell me: sleep more!, drink water!, eat breakfast!, take time for yourself! blah blah blah but its so much easier said than done. I'm trying to start small with the hope that little goals with be easier to stick to. We'll see what happens.
